Wick remover



Oct. 26 1926.

E. G.l MARINET-n .WICK REMOVER Filed May 11, 1.926

By @W05 ttorney Patented 225e, i926.

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Application filed May 11, 1926. Serial No. 108,440.

My present invention has to do with the wicks used in oil burning gas generators; and it has for its object to provide a simple and efficient device for quickly removing 5 the wicks of such generators and this without injury tothe generator or the appurtenances thereof.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as l hereinafter described and denitely claimed. ln the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification- Figure 1 is a sectional view illustrative of the manner in which a wick of an oil l burning gas generator is removed through the medium of my novel wick remover.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the wick remover per se.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective of the upper portion of the tube of the wick remover.

Figure 4L is a diametrical section illustrative of a modified wick remover hereinafter explicitly referred to.

Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 3, to which reference will first be made.

I show in Figure 1 a cylindrical gas generator 1, the said generator 1 being threaded at one end as designated by 2 for the connection of an apertured cap 3 and being provided in spaced relation to the said cap with an interior straining diaphragm 4e, of reticulated material. rllhe generator characterized as `inst described is conventional as is also the wick designated by 5 in Figure. 1, and the purpose of my novel device is to remove l disintegration of carthe wick following tne bon sediment `designated by 6 in Figure 1 and which under ordinary conditions bin-ds the wick 5 in the generator casing 1 and renders the removal of the wick extremely difficult.

My novel wick remover is designated by 7 and by comparison of Figures 1, 2 and 3, it will be noted that the wick remover is of tubular form, is equipped with a suitable han- Adie 8 and is characterized by a forward flared end 9, toothed as designated by 10.

Manifestly the tubular device 7 may be made of steel or any other material compatible with its purpose.

In the practical use of my improvement, the remover is inserted in the generator casing 1 so that a portion of the wick is received 55 in the remover, and the remover is then turned or reciprocated about its axis and at the same time is pressed into positive engagement with the collection of carbon so that the teeth 10 will gradually cut away the car- 60 bon and in that way entirely free the wick from the generator casing wall, whereupon the wick may be readily removed in and by the'tubular remover. 4

It will be apparent from the foregoing that through the medium of my improvement not only is the wick removed, but the interior of the generator casing 1 is effectively cleared of carbon and other sediment as is desirable.

lt will also be appreciated that my improvement is extremely simple and at the same time is so durable that it will last for an indefinite period of time.

The tubular wick 7X shown as a modifica- 75 tion in Figure i differs from the tubular wick remover 7 of Figures 1 to 3 in that it has no flared upper end and in that it has no teeth 10. On the other hand, in the modified construction, the tube 7X is exteriorly 80 of even diameter to its end 10X, but interiorly the end portion of the tubular remover 7* is tapered to a sharp edge at the end 10l so that the modified embodiment is adapted to be used after the manner of a chisel for the S5 removal of the collected carbon before alluded to.

l have explicitly described the preferred embodiments of my invention in order to impart an exact understanding of the said embodiments. l do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself to the precise structure disclosed, my invention being defined by my appended claims within the. scope of which modifications may be made without departure from my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure. by Letters-Patent, is:-

1. A wick remover for the purpose del scribed, tubular in form to receive a portion of a wick and having a cutting forward end for the ydisintegration and displacement of carbon about a wick.

2. A wick remover for the purpose described, tubular in form to receive a portion of a wick and having a cutting forward end for the disintegration and displacement of carbon about a wick; the said tubular wick remover being equipped with a haudle in space-d relation to its forward end, whereby it may be powerfully turned about its axis.

3. A tubular wick remover characterized by a flared and toothed forward end.

4. A tubular wick remover characterized by a flared and toothed forward end; the said tubular remover being equipped in spaced relation with said forward end with 10 a handle whereby it may be powerfully turned about its axis.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature..

EDVARD GIOSEPH MAR'INETTI. 

